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The Irishman Dan Martin won the sixth stage of the Tour de France at Mur de Bretagne
United Arab Emirates Martin attacked with 1.2 km left of the 181 km stage of Brest , who finished with two climbs from Alpe d Huez of Brittany, separated by a 19-km rolling circuit to win a third Grand Tour victory following the success of the 2013 Tour and the Vuelta in 2011.
Martin belatedly pushed Pierre Latour of AG2R La Mondiale to cross the line alone, just in front of the pack, while the hopes of the general clbadification gave up for a few seconds
Martin started the day one minute and 40 seconds on Greg van Avermaet in yellow jersey, but picked up 13 seconds to move to 21st overall
The 31-year-old finished sixth in the sprint yesterday and said he was standing in front of him on the difficult scene today [19659006] "I felt really good yesterday and it was really good sign for today, I felt co" Martin says, "It's great to have won after so many second places since last, "said Martin.
"I was scared of side winds and maybe it was adrenaline but the legs were there"
"There were a lot of contenders in this group, so I was happy to stay there.
There was a slight division in the bunch behind, with Adam Yates of Mitchelton-Scott being part of a team. group that picked up a few seconds on the main package, which contained Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas of Team Sky, Nairo Quintana of Movistar and Mikel Landa, and Richie Porte of BMC.
But there were losses later, Romain of AG2R La Mondiale Bardet was hit by problems during the short two-kilometer climb and Tom Dumoulin, of the Sunweb team, also was left behind after six kilometers of play.
BMC's Greg Van Avermaet kept the yellow jersey Geraint Thomas in second place, three seconds back
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